the college has an immense emotional hold on all who go through it, however having had to go back recently, I was very struck by how dated it is, and how old much of the facilities are. The MOD is essentially having to use a 19th century public school & grounds to deliver maritime training.
I suspect the final solution will be to move all initial training to RALEIGH,but keep BRNC on for leadership courses etc, rationalising the estate, maybe use it for passing out parades, but then put the money into a seriously good training estate at RALEIGH.
I'm struck that BRNC is a bit of an oddity now, and they seem keen to emphasise how much more they can do than just initial maritime training.